Los Angeles Laps
- This article is about the race course from Mario Kart Tour. For its musical theme, see Los Angeles Laps (theme).
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| Appears in | Mario Kart Tour (2020 (1), 2021 (3), 2022 (2)) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 5) (2023) | ||||||||||
| Cup | Cherry Cup | ||||||||||
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| Based on | Los Angeles County, United States | ||||||||||
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Los Angeles Laps is a race course in Mario Kart Tour. It takes place in Los Angeles, California, United States, and as such it makes its debut in the city's namesake tour, the 2020 Los Angeles Tour. However, the course itself also includes landmarks from the greater Los Angeles County, such as the Santa Monica Pier and the Inglewood Oil Field. Los Angeles Laps has three separate routes called Los Angeles Laps, Los Angeles Laps 2, and Los Angeles Laps 3. The third route debuted first in the 2021 Los Angeles Tour while the second route debuted in the 2022 Los Angeles Tour. The first route features the Santa Monica Pier and Venice Beach, the second route focuses on the Inglewood Oil Field, while the third route takes racers over Dodger Stadium and through Beverly Hills. Unlike other city courses, each route of Los Angeles Laps takes place in an entirely different part of the overall track, with every route having its own finish line position: another characteristic unique to this course. The inclusion of this course makes the United States the only country to be represented by more than one city course, with New York Minute having been introduced prior.
Los Angeles Laps appears as a classic course in the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the first course of the Cherry Cup.
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
Several landmarks of Los Angeles and Santa Monica can be seen throughout each of Los Angeles Laps' layouts, which are 777 Tower, Beverly Hills City Hall, Capitol Records Building, Dodger Stadium, Inglewood Oil Field, Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles Convention Center, Muscle Beach, Rodeo Drive Walk of Style, Santa Monica Pier, Manhattan Beach Pier, Tongva Park, Venice Beach and the Venice Beach Skatepark, Griffith Observatory, Getty Center, and the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.
Los Angeles Laps[edit]
In the standard layout, all of the racers start the course on the Santa Monica Pier. Just after the starting line, the road curves to the left through a couple shops and onto the beach, then makes a slight left through a blue lifeguard tower. After continuing left, the course shifts right into a skatepark with multiple paths and graffiti of a Bill Blaster, some Bullet Bills, Bananas, Bloopers, two Bob-omb Plugs icons, two Red Shells, a Bowser icon and some Piranha Plants in a Warp Pipe. After that, the course shifts left underneath an elongated lifeguard tower bridge; the course then curves to the left where the rest of the beach is littered with a few Sidesteppers and an underwater section at the side. On the second lap, most of the water will disappear. Players can then make a slight S-motion into a double-lane road through the street, where they can alternate between the two lanes at will. After a wide turn left, the player then drives straight and back onto the pier, where the finish line awaits.
When configured for Coin Rush, signs direct Gold Mario up the highest skate ramp while cars and buses block off a lane in the double-lane road, making the collection of coins easier.
The course also appears as Los Angeles Laps R (reversed), Los Angeles Laps T (with ramps), and Los Angeles Laps R/T (reversed with ramps). In the T variant, there is a glide ramp where racers leave the Santa Monica Pier, and there is a Thwomp atop the skatepark. In the R/T variant, there is a glide ramp shortly before racers return to the pier.
Appearances[edit]
For this course's tour appearances, see List of Los Angeles Laps tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour § Los Angeles Laps.
Top-tier and middle-tier items[edit]
Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Los Angeles Laps and its variants are always favored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, see List of Los Angeles Laps tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
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